Actor Allusion/Radio
Examples of Actor Allusions in Radio.
- In an episode of The BBC radio comedy series Revolting People, set during The American Revolution, Samuel, the main character, has a dream that he's gone to hell for refusing to pick a side. Satan turns out to resemble redcoat Sergeant McGurk, played by co-writer Andy Hamilton. Hamilton also writes and stars in the radio comedy series Old Harry's Game, as Satan.
- In The BBC adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story "The Reigate Squires", Holmes says to Inspector Forrester "You sound dangerously like a certain doctor I know". Forrester is played by Peter Davison.
- The radio adaptation of the last two books in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series features a cameo by David Dixon, the actor who played Ford Prefect in the TV version of the franchise; Arthur Dent drives Dixon's clerk character to distraction claiming they've met somewhere. (Sandra Dickinson, who played Trillian on TV is also in the show, but since she's playing.. an alternate version of Trillian.. she doesn't really qualify as an Actor Allusion.)
- Similarly, Rob McKenna, the lorry driver who picks up Arthur in So Long And Thanks... is played by Bill Paterson, who appeared in the second radio series as second in command of an Acturian Megafreighter which picked up Zaphod. Word of God is that this was an intentional allusion, from Space Trucker to Earth trucker.
- Let's not forget that it is explicitly stated that the other Tricia McMillan has blond hair, as the TV Trillian was portrayed.
- Similarly, Rob McKenna, the lorry driver who picks up Arthur in So Long And Thanks... is played by Bill Paterson, who appeared in the second radio series as second in command of an Acturian Megafreighter which picked up Zaphod. Word of God is that this was an intentional allusion, from Space Trucker to Earth trucker.
- In the Hamish And Dougal Hogmanay Special Dougal (played by Graeme Garden) is confused as to who special guest Tim Brooke-Taylor (playing himself) is.
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Hamish: Oh, you must remember! The Goodies! He was in that! |
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- In an episode of The News Quiz, hosted by Sandi Toksvig, a musical clue for a question about children's television naturally went for the theme of No. 73, a 1980s Saturday Morning Kids Show hosted by Sandi Toksvig.
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Carrie Quinlan: Oh, I used to love that! What was the name of the really old woman who was on it? Tiny, she was! |
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- In an episode of The Gobetweenies, Joe, played by David Tennant, reads his son's essay about sharing two houses "I mean it's not that freaky. Not compared to my adventures in the space-time continuum, but that's another story".
- In Cabin Pressure, Martin Crieff names The Hound of the Baskervilles as a book that sounds more interesting with the final letter of its title knocked off.
- He also does a bit of sleuthing in Paris, which prompts Arthur to compare him to... Miss Marple.